[2][5][6] In his final year of studies Buckeridge won the James Hardie Prize for his thesis "The Economical House".
He also owned James Point Pty Ltd.[2][3] In September 2012, Buckeridge sued a former fork-lift driver who allegedly posted defamatory comments on Facebook about him.
[9][10] Buckeridge married Judith Lyon, and they had five children Lise, Rachel, Andrew, Sam, Joshua.
His de facto partner for forty years was Siok Puay Koh, also known as Tootsie Ambrose,[11] mother of Julian.
[13][14] In 2016, 22 family members initiated three separate proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to contest his A$2.5 billion estate.